Contents of the OSH Rules (Lakshadweep)

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Lakshadweep) Rules, 2025

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Chapter III — Duties of Employer and EmployeePrinted after rule 15Made under The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020F. No. 08/04/2024-LE&T, 27 Apr 2026

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The following classes of dangerous occurrences, whether or not they are attended by

personal injury or disablement, namely: -

(i) Bursting, of any plant or pipeline or equipment containing petroleum, steam,

compressed air or other substance at a pressure greater than the atmospheric pressure;

(ii) Collapse or failure of a crane, derrick, winch, hoist or other appliances used in

raising or lowering persons or goods, or any part thereof, or the overturning of a crane.

(iii) Explosion, explosion due to explosives, fire, leakage or release of harmful toxic

gases, bursting out, leakage or escape of any molten metal, or hot liquid or gas causing

bodily injury to any person or damage to any room or place in which persons are

employed;

(iv) Explosion of a receiver or container used for the storage at pressure greater than

atmospheric pressure of any gas or gases (including air) or any liquid or solid resulting

from the compression of gas.

(v) collapse or failure of lifting appliances or hoist or conveyors or other similar

equipment for handling building or construction material or breakage or failure of rope,

chain or loose gears; overturning of cranes used in building or other construction work;

falling of objects from height;

(vi) collapse of any wall, floor, gallery, roof bridge, tunnel, chimney, wall, building

or subsidence of soil or any other structure, platform, staging, scaffolding or any means

of access including formwork; contact work, excavation and collapse of transmission;

(vii) Spillage or leakage of hazardous substances and damage to their container;

(viii) collapse, capsizing, toppling or collision of transport equipment within the

establishment;

(ix) fall from height of any excavation, loading or transport machinery;

(x) an instantaneous failure of a pillar, part of a pillar or several pillars of coal (i.e.,

a bump ‘) in working below ground;

(xi) a rock-burst in working belowground; a premature collapse of any part of the

working;

(xii) a breakage, fracture or failure of an essential part of any machine or apparatus

whereby the safety of persons may be endangered;

(xiii) a slide causing injury to any person, damage to any machinery, or interruption

of normal mining operations;

(xiv) failure of dump or side in opencast working; a blowout;

(xv) a failure of any structure or installation whereby the safety of persons may be

endangered; or spark generated due to electrical flash-over causing burn injury to any

person;

(xvi) a major uncontrolled emission of petroleum or chemical spillage;

Source: The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions (Lakshadweep) Rules, 2025, F. No. 08/04/2024-LE&T — Lakshadweep Gazette Extraordinary Vol. LXII, No. 07, pp. 15–16 of the PDF. Open our copy at p. 15 · official download · all sources